One of TUS features is being a Database for so many things.

Since no replay gets deleted on TUS, I thought it would be nice thing that we could talk about games.
So each game received its own page.

To enter a game page, Simply click on its ID, or you can click on the "number of comments" it has.
If a game has more than a page for comments, some links will appear under the "number of comments" that looks like this :



Which you can go to an specific page by it.

As the recent games page always shows the newest games first, So you may miss a new comment which has been posted. Because it is not like the forum that new posts comes to top. (Because here the games are new posts not their comments  )

To solve this problem, You can sort the games by their "Last Comment", Click on the last comment :



So that it will sort all the games by their last comment time.

I say we have 3 playoffs at the end of each season :

Total playoffs
Classic playoffs
Free playoffs

First 8 players in each stats play together in a knockout.
1 game (scheme) for each game.
And site choose that scheme for their games.

What do you think?

v2.0  2010.08.19

• Tuning report page:
  
  
  
  • Changing 'more games to report' select box, to a checkbox. (Cost you 1 click instead of 2)
  • When using more games to report, member names stay in the fields, so that you don't have to select them again.
  • Other members of a clan will be able to report clanners.
• [NAiL's] Worms Award
• [pr's] Watcher mode, the option is placed in your leagues settings, by checking that, system shuffles the list of games in recent games page and users profile. By holding your mouse on the players, system shows you the winner.
• Showing your game result vs each of your opponents in games limitation table.
  e.g.  NAiL  (+42: 5-2)  You won 5 games and lost 2 versus NAiL and gained 42 points from him. Clicking on the "5-2" will show you the details results in each scheme.
• [zippeurfou's] Rating games style, On games table you can rate games by just one click!
• [Ray's] Hall of fame, A new look for hall of fame.
• [NAiL's] A new column added to players profile page, showing if they got qualified for the PO or not.
• Game of the day!, It is under the "games award" page, Everyday it selects one game from the leagues by random.
• Game maps fully connected to TUS map database. Now the game page shows the name and author of the map if it recognizes the map. If not, it asks you to assign an author for it.
• Max streaks column added to the main standings page.

v1.9  2010.01.6

• System extracts chats from the games and view it in the game page. (Under the game map)
• Games search connected to chats. So that you can search anything in TUS games database. Search guide will be updated with new details tomorrow.
• Searching games got improved. Now it looks for all the words you typed and won't drop one by one.  (AND instead of OR)
• Games search connected to cup games. Now it is possible to search entire game database, no matter if it is in cups or leagues.
• Players and clans recieved variation of medals and trophies in seasons and schemes. (Both overall and specific season)
• Now you can view all the activity of a player in all the seasons he has played in his profile.
• Players above 1000 pts won't be able to reset their stats.
• Winning Streaks
• Graph of the player rating and its code to have on other sites.
• You can compare 3 players graphs at the same time.
• If the game is 1vs1, System shows the players country flag in recent game page.
• Squad and country games got removed. Clanner games added to TNL.
• Seasons info estimate the number of games till the end of the season.

v1.8  2009.07.15

• TNL (TUS Normal League) added. Intermediate is removed from the free league.
  
• Squads added. They are actually TNL league squads. (Won't work for other leagues)
  
• Seasons are now seprated. It means that each league has its own season length and start/finish time.
  
• Country playoffs is removed from Classic and Free league.
  
• Reseting options got advanced. You can now reset your entire stats in an specific league. A guide about it can be found in the leagues guides.
  
• Leagues now prevents double or triple report.
  
• You can now ask for a free win. (Reporting without having to upload the replay)
  
• Participating in the playoffs is now optional. You can choose whether or not you want to take part in the playoffs. (If you are the admin of your clan, You can set this option for your clan too)
  
• You can now add as many replays as you want to your games. (The 3 limit is being removed)
  
• Players/Clans/Countries/Squads stats page now shows their position (or their medal, If any) in each league.
  
• Playoffs qualifications is now 4/4. (4 current season top players + 4 overall top players) / Clans and squads playoffs are 2/2 now.
  

v1.7  2009.05.11

• Leagues pages works even faster.
  
• Leagues system changed completely. It keeps your total stats.
  
• Hall of Fame added.
  
• Search added. You can search the games by your desired keywords. A guide about it can be found in the leagues guides.
  
• Pagination about the Singles, Clanners or Countries tabs changed. Now each tab has its own pagination.
  
• Activity stats added. It actually shows the Clans, Communities or countries activity based on the singles leagues.
  
• Reporting page became even easier. A "Group" field added to help you find people easier. You can select not to be redirected to the recent games page if you have more games to report.
  
• Analyzer now shows you the result ordered by the most points you would possibly gain.
  
• Rank Images (Urls) added. You have 4 different image styles for each rank. You can customize your image rank by scheme, time, skin and more. Make your own rank Image!
  
• The system now extract the map from the replays. By entering the game page you can actually download the map without having to download the replay and extract the map from it.
  
• System now records your picks. A new select box has been added to the report page, Asking about the scheme pick. Was it yours, Your opponent or both?
  
• Games limit added. Each player is allowed to play 15 games per season vs another player. By entering the player stats page, You can see how many games is remained vs each player.
  
• Season Information bug got fixed.
  

v1.6

• Playoffs bugs fixed.
  
• Comments added to playoffs.
  
• Rating games added. You can now rate games by entering the game page.
  
• Reset button added. It is in your leagues settings page.
  
• Playing Intermediate bo3 makes it standard points 50 and -26.
  

v1.5

• Multi Replays added. You can now play bo3 games and upload all the replays. Or if your game crushed and you finished it in more than 1 replay. You can add them too.
  
• Intermediate and Mine Madness should be played bo3 now.
  
• Game ID column added to games page.
  
• Each game received an individual page. You can post comments and talk about that game in this page.
  
• Winning percentage column added to players, clans and countries stats page.
  
• Leagues Analyzer added. You can analyze your future games.
  
• Informing system added. through your leagues settings page you can set the system to PM or email you when someone reports a game which you were in it.
  
• System will now now count how many times a replay is downloaded.
  
• Intermediate standard points changed to 50 and -26. 
  

v1.4

• Playoffs Added.
  
• Seasons Information Added.
  
• Winning percentage column added to stats.
  
• "Singles", "Clanners" and "Country" buttons added for each page. They are seperate now. No need to scrolling down.
  
• A select box added to report page for "Single", "Clanner" or "Country" games. Now If you have clanner in mind and the players are not in the clan, Site will inform you except submitting that game as a single. Select from this select box what style your game is.
  
• Time Machine added. It is actually the league archive. Which you can browse previous leagues.
  

v1.3

• Players recent games added.
  
• Clans and countries stats added.
  
• Clans and countries recent games added.
  
• "Show all stats in one page" link added.
  
• Points Gained/Lost added.
  

v1.2

• Players stats added. Click on a players name on stats to see all his stats.
  

v1.1

• Recent games splitted in 3 parts : Singles, Clanners and country games.
  
• Each scheme now has its own recent games page.
  

Below you will find all the announcements from the day TUS created.
But from now on, each announcement will receive an individual topic.

Please poll how much you'd like each season to last.
It will specify our rate and standings too.

Hey guys

I want to put an scheme definition. Like how to play it, the rules, its scheme file, an example replay ...

They will be the official TUS schemes (For leagues, tourneys ...). Plus I want to make TUS a place to have all schemes "definitions" like a reference.

Start with the schemes are already in our league.

So schemes are :


Boom Race
Bungee Race
Capture The Flag
Forts
Holy War
Hysteria
Jetpack Race
Parachute Race
Super Sheep Race
Walk For Weapons

If the written names up there won't mind, I want them to do it for that scheme. Other schemes are free to pick.



The full scheme page will be :
1. Scheme explanation
2. Scheme rules
3. Scheme FAQ
4. Scheme replay examples
5. Scheme file

Points calculation system changed based on ELO formula tuned for TUS.

The base (standard point) to gain or lose is 40. (Same win points like previous, but losing points are now 40 too.)

Points calculation system is now points-base instead of rate-base. But system will just use ranks to "label" your points.

Each 60 points are one rank.
Starting from 1000 (Absolute Beginner) up to 2200 or more (Elite).

The max points someone can gain is 80. Beating a lower skilled player will cause gaining less points than what it was before. So hopefully less noobbashing this time.

How to play

First find someone to play with!
People normally ask like 'TUS anyone?' or 'TUS default anyone?' in worms channels, mostly in #AnythingGoes.
At the moment, TUS provides the following leagues:

• Allround league:
  
  
  
  • Aerial
    
  • Big RR / Tower Race
    
  • BnG
    
  • Elite
    
  • Hysteria
    
  • Intermediate
    
  • Roper
    
  • Shopper
    
  • Team17
    
  • TTRR (no RR)
    
  • WxW
    
• TTL (TUS Team17 League):
  
  
  
  • Only the Team17 scheme
    
• TRL (TUS Rotated League):
  
  
  
  • Focusing on a selected scheme
    
• Free league:
  
  
  
  • Abnormal
    
  • Battle Race
    
  • Boom Race
    
  • Bow and Arrows
    
  • Bungee Race
    
  • Capture The Flag
    
  • Darts
    
  • Elemental
    
  • Forts
    
  • Golf
    
  • Grenade Wars
    
  • Holy War
    
  • Jetpack Race
    
  • Kaos
    
  • Mine Madness
    
  • Mole Shopper
    
  • Parachute Race
    
  • Plop War
    
  • Supersheeper
    
  • Super Sheep Race
    
  • Walk For Weapons
    
  • Wascar
    
    

Tell your opponent what league you want to play. Both players pick one scheme.
For example: Player 1 picks WxW and player 2 picks Team17. Players can pick the same scheme.
The winner of each scheme comes to the site and reports the game.
For example, if your game result was 1:1, Then you must report the scheme you won.

Allround league includes Default & Rope ladders. When you play Intermediate, you gain points for both Allround and Default leagues. And when you play Big RR, you gain points for both Allround and Rope leagues.
- Default ladder: Aerial, BnG, Elite, Hysteria, Intermediate, Team17
- Rope ladder: Big RR, Roper, TTRR, WxW, Shopper

The leagues have both season and overall standings. Each season is followed by playoffs. You can find season info HERE.

How to Report
Goto the Leagues page, and click on "Report a game" on your action panel.
OR you can goto your user panel. I have put a direct report link on your user panel.

In the report page,
Always select the options from top to bottom, Because by selecting some options, Other elements on the page may change.

Choose how many players took part. Meaning was your game 1vs1, 2vs2 or 3vs3 ? ( yea you can play 3vs3 games!)

If your game was a clanner select it in the game style select box. Was it single or Clanner?

Type in your buddies (If any) and opponents.
Don't know his name correct spell? no problem at all!

Just type a part(even 1 character) of his name, no matter where that part is in his/her name.
For example,  by the letters "io"  :
System will give me :



Select the name from there, and you are relief from typing the name

If you have set the game style to clanner, Another field will appear to help you find your buddies and opponents easier.
In this field, Select your opponent clan. When selecting them, Then buddies field and opponents field will change accordingly.

For example If you selected your opponents clan, The buddies field will show you only your own clan members and opponents field will show only the opponents clan members.


Select the scheme that you won.
*Each player(Team) reports the scheme they have won.

Select who picked this scheme that you are reporting. Was it your opponent's pick or yours? Or it was both side agreement?  (Like a 3rd game)

There's 'Free Win' checkbox, if you check this option, You are asking for a free win and you won't need to upload the game replay. We allow free wins in special circumstances. So you better have a good explanation why you are reporting this free win.

If you dont' check the checkbox, Then it is a normal win and you have to upload your game replay.
Choose your game replay from your hard drive.
Why there are more than 1 place for replay uploading?
If you agreed with your opponent that you play a bo3 game OR somehow you finished your game in 2 or more replays. (Someone crashed or something).
Upload all the replays.

*Your game replay is located at: /Worms Folder/user/games/

The last option is "More games to report".
If you select yes, The report page won't redirect you to the recent games, Instead you will be redirect again to the report page which you can report other games.
If you select no, You will be redirected to the recent games page to see your games.

Click on Report and you are done!

So to sum up :
You can play :

1vs1, 2vs2, 3vs3 single games.
2vs2, 3vs3 Clanners

Go nuts [/list]

Hey guys

Time to pick schemes :

Classic League :

BnG
Elite
Team17
WxW
Roper
TTRR


Free League :

Bungee Race
Super Sheep Race
Walk for Weapons
Boom Race
Mole Shopper
Chute Race
Jetpack Race
Capture the flag
Holy War
Forts
Hysteria
Intermediate

Ok, Here's the plan, Please read then poll :
Read THIS to see what all this are about.

2 Leagues

Classic League :
Will include the most popular schemes, Like BnG, Shoppers, Roper, Elite, TTRR, T17 ..

Free League :
Will include various schemes INCLUDING classic league schemes. Schemes like SuperSheepRace, BungeeRace can be played here.

Site will have stats for each league (and their schemes stat too) separately. And a total stat for all a member activity in leagues.


Ladder System
It will be like :  (As Albino started it first)

Default Ladder : Will include default schemes : Elite, Intermediate, Team17, BnG, Dabble, Hysteria, etc...
Rope Ladder    : include rope schemes : Roper, Rope Race, Variation of Shoppers, Wascar,Bungee Race, etc...
Pro Ladder      : This is mix of Default and Rope Ladders.

Again total and individual stat for each scheme.

POLL!

Hey guys

Here's the first idea about league.
What schemes really should be in the league? Do you like SSR to be allowed to be picked in league? BungeeRace? Hysteria?

1st option :
Including these schemes in our league. (and more schemes)

2st option:
Having 2 kind of leagues.
Maybe one called : Classic League
Another : Free League  (Freelance ? )

The names says what they are all about.

Which part you'd like to come up first in TUS  ?

TUS foundation codes will be finished in a few days, Whatever this poll goes, I will code that first.
Cheers!

As a guest,

You will see the template of the site changes each time you visit a page.
The sky changes by the GMT time.

Those are site default look.

To change that, (You must be a member)
Go to your profile, On the left, click on the Forum Profile Information link. (I've put an extra link named "Edit Profile" on your "My Panel". It's direct link to that page.)

Scroll down this page, You will see "Site Look Options" title.

Site template style

It is about the main template of the site.
Your options are :
   Random : Template changes by each page visit.
   Change everyday : The template changes each day. It's my favorite. Eachday, 1 template.
   The rest are the names of the templates, So that you can set it as your "fixed" template.


Sky style

Controls your sky behavior.
Your options are :
   Change by GMT time : It is site default sky options. It changes by the hours of the day, GMT-Wise.
   Change by my local time : The only difference is the sky changes by your local time, Not GMT.

To set your local time : In your profile page, under Forum Profile Information, Click on the Look and Layout Preferences link.
On this page set your TimeOffset. Note that the field requires the number of hours.
Example :
For "GMT + 2", type "2".
For "GMT + 3:30" type "3.5".
For "GMT - 7:30" type "-7.5"
 
The rest are the name of a specific sky that won't change by passing times, So that you can set it as your "fixed" sky.

Clouds part height

You can adjust the height of the clouds part. Apparently in some screen resolutions, The default height fills 1/3 or 1/2 of the screen, You can now set your desired height.

Maximum number of clouds

If you have changed your Clouds part height, Maybe you want to change the maximum number of clouds flying up there too.

Shoutbox status

I've noticed Shoutbox has a conflict with the chess part and cause it not to function properly. (For example you can't challenge an specific member.)
They are written by different programmers.I asked both programmers for a solution, And they told me no solution in the near future.
So I made this option for chess lovers or the ones who dislike shoutbox at all!
You can turn off shoutbox in chess pages or turn it off at all!
Turning shoutbox off at all will improve pages loading speed. (Because shoutbox is always checking for updates...)

Background transparency
If you think the transparency of the site is bothering you and you can't read well, Choose "Remove transparency when I put my cursor on an area".
It will remove the transparency of the areas if you put your mouse cursor on it.
(Won't work in Internet Explorer 6)

Here's the design history.
have to tell this before I take all the credit for it

When I wanted to design TUS, I had designed some other site and I was out of ideas.
So darkmaul asked BigBilly about the design. BigBilly made his design and send that to me. Which was this :



Unfortunately (Or fortunately ) his design didn't work in IE6 and had some problems for my codes. So I decided to code his design by that image.

I started with the clouds, when I was putting them in the sky, I thought what if those clouds swing! after making them swing I thought about moving them to right and left ...
and then all other things you see now came to my mind.

I know this design is somehow completely different from BigBilly's. But I gotta say If I had never seen his design, I would never come up with this.

So first of all, Thanks to BigBilly

Welcome to The Ultimate Site. I'm not in the mood of talking atm, so exhausted.

I am trying to make the tourney part as soon as possible.
If you have any Idea about the tourney, Feel free to post here so that I can code it.

Site will choose 1 template over worms 29 templates each time you open or refresh a page, I will put an options in your profile so that you can choose one of them for all your pages if it is giving you a headache.

The sky will turn to different colors depending which time of day you are viewing the site. You can fix that in your profile too.
And You will be seeing templates objects on the site. They are (Sky and objects) actually in progress.

Any Idea about this site? Feel free to post a new topic about it!

Cheers